Points E and F are the midpoints of edges CC1 and C1D1 of the rectangular parallelepiped ABCDA1B1C1D1. The edge KL of the regular triangular pyramid KLMN (with K as the vertex) lies on the line AC, and the vertices N and M lie on the lines DD1 and EF respectively. Find the ratio of the volumes of the prism and the pyramid, if AB:BC=4:3,KL:MN=2:3.
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Official solution
Let P be the foot of the perpendicular dropped from point D to line AC. Line AC is perpendicular to two intersecting lines AC and DD1 in the plane DD1P, so line AC is perpendicular to this plane. Therefore, any line passing through point P and perpendicular to AC (or coinciding with it, line KL) lies in the plane DD1P. It is known that the lateral edge of a regular triangular pyramid is perpendicular to the intersecting lateral edge. Additionally, if a line l and a plane α are perpendicular to the same line, then line l either lies in plane α or is parallel to it. The intersecting lines KL and MN are perpendicular, and plane DD1P is perpendicular to line KL, so line MN either lies in plane DD1P or is parallel to it. The second case is excluded because, by the problem's condition, point N lies on line DD1, i.e., it is a common point of line DD1 and plane DD1P. Therefore, line MN lies in plane DD1P. At the same time, point M lies in plane DD1C1C because it lies on line EF of this plane. Therefore, point M lies on line DD1, the intersection of planes DD1C1C and DD1P. Then DP is the common perpendicular of the intersecting lines DD1 and KL, and since the common perpendicular of opposite edges of a regular triangular pyramid passes through the midpoint of the base edge, D is the midpoint of MN. Let AB=4a,BC=3a, KL=2b,MN=3b. Let H be the center of the base MNL of the regular pyramid KLMN. From the right triangle K(HL we find that
Let lines EF and CD intersect at point G. From the equality of triangles MFD1,EFC1 and EGC it follows that CG=FC1=FD1, and from the similarity of triangles MFD1 and MGD−